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Advice please?

Hi all I wondered if anyone had any knowledge on the effects of stopping steroid nasal sprays for 3 weeks then changing to another brand? Would this restart...

Hi all I wondered if anyone had any knowledge on the effects of stopping steroid...

•3 years ago

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Breathing feels rubbish again today :(

Hi all So i am on symbicort morning and evening snd i can use in the day if needed and also spirivia which the specialist recommended after my CT scan,...

Hi all So i am on symbicort morning and evening snd i can use in the day if nee...

•3 years ago

Shallow breathing for days

Hello all, I was diagnosed with asthma about a year ago right in the middle of lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic. What a stressful time for a lung...

Hello all, I was diagnosed with asthma about a year ago right in the middle of l...

•3 years ago

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Brown inhaler side effects

Hi, i have been suffering from a burning tongue lately and wondered if it could be related to using brown inhaler? Admittedly i dont always rinse my mouth...

Hi, i have been suffering from a burning tongue lately and wondered if it could ...

•3 years ago

Wonderful Morning

O Dear I woke up this morning unable to breath generally feeling unwell. Just after breakfast my daughter phoned as usual to see how me and mum were feeling,...

O Dear I woke up this morning unable to breath generally feeling unwell. Just af...

•3 years ago

Better ways to diagnose asthma.....

An interesting read... Could a blood test one day diagnose if someone has asthma? That’s what researchers at the University of Southampton are trying to find...

An interesting read... Could a blood test one day diagnose if someone has asthma...

Partner•3 years ago

Flucoxacillin and shortness of breath?

I am asthmatic and started taking flucoxacillin for a chest infection yesterday and then woke up finding it hard to breathe. Has anyone else experienced this?

I am asthmatic and started taking flucoxacillin for a chest infection yesterday ...

•3 years ago

Update and What have people been told about having Covid jab while taking prednisolone?

Hi all, Aaargh!,, 😫😩🤬Just offloading. I’m really so fed up I could scream! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ve been trying to manage SoB using ventolin (as well as usual...

Hi all, Aaargh!,, 😫😩🤬Just offloading. I’m really so fed up I could scream! �...

•3 years ago

Finally got CT scan result today

Phone consult with Consultant this morning with CT scan result from 23rd April. Finally, after nearly 12 months of constant productive cough, they tell me that...

Phone consult with Consultant this morning with CT scan result from 23rd April. ...

•3 years ago

Is there much difference between Gastro-resistant prednisolone and just regular prednisolone???

So the long term pred is having a huge impact on my stomach and reflux. Always suffered with GERD last 15years+ but under control but now it’s actually...

So the long term pred is having a huge impact on my stomach and reflux. Always s...

•3 years ago

Nightime Breathlessness

Hi I regularly waken during the night distressed, gasping for air, feeling like I can't breathe. Could this be related to my asthma? Or just night mares? Not...

Hi I regularly waken during the night distressed, gasping for air, feeling like ...

•3 years ago

Help with night wheeze and cough please

Hello, I was diagnosed with asthma a year ago, it has been well managed until hitting a bug a few weeks ago. My Dr has prescribed a second prescription of...

Hello, I was diagnosed with asthma a year ago, it has been well managed until hi...

•3 years ago

Spirometry results... can anyone read results?

Hi All, thanks for your help so far... Is there anybody on here who can read after analysing spirometry results and work out what they mean if I share them...

Hi All, thanks for your help so far... Is there anybody on here who can read aft...

•3 years ago

Spirometer ball?

Anyone here use an incentive spirometer? The respiratory physio came and dropped one off for me to do. Wants me to use it 4 times a day. It's on the bottom...

Anyone here use an incentive spirometer? The respiratory physio came and dropped...

•3 years ago

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Do I need to restart prednisolone after a few episodes of breathlessness?

Hi all, hope you’re ok. After 6 courses (and stepping down) of prednisolone over the last 7 months, I finished my last ones 18 days ago. I found that I needed...

Hi all, hope you’re ok. After 6 courses (and stepping down) of prednisolone over...

•3 years ago

Cant stop coughing !

Since Thursday I have been with sinus congestion , coughing , bringing up clear phlegm from nose and lungs . Doctor prescribed Z pack , steroids and bromphed...

Since Thursday I have been with sinus congestion , coughing , bringing up clear ...

•3 years ago

Hay fever sucks

Feel like I need to rant. 6 weeks after finishing a nine week course of steroids. To now be once again full of hay fever that’s making me feel rubbish and...

Feel like I need to rant. 6 weeks after finishing a nine week course of steroid...

•3 years ago

Third lot of prednisolone this year, advice

Hello All So finished my second lot of prednisolone 40mg/5 days 11 April. They were effective cough didn’t completely go but a lot more bearable. Last weekend...

Hello All So finished my second lot of prednisolone 40mg/5 days 11 April. They w...

•3 years ago

Post steroid wean

Hi everyone, me again ☺ So I'm back home after 2 weeks in hospital for steroid wean. I'm now off the preds. All went relatively OK. I only had 1 full on...

Hi everyone, me again ☺ So I'm back home after 2 weeks in hospital for steroid w...

•3 years ago

Can Symbicort 200/6 (2 puffs, 3x per day) cause you to loose your voice?

I wash my mouth out after every use, but im loosing my voice. Very difficult to make my words heard and I wondered if this could be linked? Thank you.

I wash my mouth out after every use, but im loosing my voice. Very difficult to ...

•3 years ago

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